2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill
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94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot. ‘2022 began with generous winter rains that filled our reservoirs and saturated our soils. A cool dry spring was followed by ideal summer weather with no days above 100 °F until a significant heat event beginning near Labor Day. Thankfully, with extensive irrigation and careful canopy management to protect the fruit from the sun, we were able to respond to the heat on a block-by-block basis.’ Harvest 7 September to 18 October. Bottled July 2024. Winemaker Ry Richards. Luscious and rounded but again, with great purity and integrity of fruit and terroirs. A lovely wine already. (JR)
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Superb quality wine, full of character and fragrace that draw you in from the first moments. Dark cherry and blackcurrant fruits, muscular tannins, sage, crayon, cocoa bean, ripples of freshly cut herbs, Philip Titus winemaker. 100% new French oak for ageing.
The flagship 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill brings more density and depth than just about every other wine in the vintage. This brilliant 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot blend offers darker blue fruits interwoven with graphite, crushed stone-like minerality, and liquid violets. Full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, it has beautiful tannins, a lively sense of freshness and purity, no hard edges, and a great finish. Best after 2-3 years of bottle age, it will drink well for 15+ years.
A terrific effort from a challenging vintage, Chappellet's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill—94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot—boasts expressive scents of cassis, blackberries, vanilla and caramel. It's full-bodied, supple, generous, deep and round, expansive on the palate and framed by soft, fully ripe tannins and hints of mocha on the lingering, velvety finish. Showy, impressive and delicious, it should drink well for a couple of decades.
About the producer
Founded in 1967, Chappellet is a pioneering, family-owned Napa Valley estate on Pritchard Hill, where it helped establish the tradition of high-elevation viticulture. Its mountain-grown wines are renowned for their depth, elegance and longevity, led by Cabernet Sauvignon.